Railroad



NOV. 24, 1931. Y A D, HQTCHKlss 1,833,217*` RAILROAD Filed June 1o, 1929 IN V EN TOR.

| '3 .5 if 2 6 @Q BY /zfvwg- A TTORNEYS,

Patented Nov. 24, *1931iv AvERILL n. HoTcHxIss, or MCEANE, WASHINGTON, TOWNSHIP. ERIE. .coUNTY,1- Uf PENNSYLVANIA y RAILROAD V Application led June 10,

In the operation of railroads difficulty is` experienced in maintaining the rails against spreading and in the attaching of such rails firmly to the ties. The present invention is designed to obviate this difficulty and also involves an improved tie formed of sheet metal. Features and details of the invention will appear from the specicationand claims. 1

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows l` Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of therails 'Y in place on the tie, the rails being in section.`

the fastening means of one of the rails.

Fig. 3A a perspective view of the locking plate. v Fig. 4 a perspective view of a locking plate with brace extensions.

Fig. 5 an enlarged longitudinal section of the tie with the rail plate in place.

Fig. 6 a section on the line 6-6 in Fig. 5. 1-1 mark the rails, 2 the tie. The tie is preferably formed of a channel having sides 3, the folds 4 at the top formingl a central groove 4a. A rail plate 5 extends from rail to rail. This is secured to the channel plate by bolts 6. Each bolt extends through a perforation 6a in the top of the tie and a perforation 7 in the rail plate. The bolt is slotted and is secured in place by a pin 8. Y The rail plate is struck up at 5a-5a forming, adove-tailed rail-receiving seat 9 with beveled side wallsl() and a bottom wall 11.

Locking plates 12 of angle form and conforming to the angle between the walls 10 and 11 of the seat are interposed between the rail and the walls of the seat. The locking 4o plates 12 are beveled at 13 and the angle atthe sides is continued upwardly above the flange of an inserted rail. This beveled por-` tion is inserted between the walls ofthe seat and the rail and driven Ainto place, thus securing the rail in the dove-tailed seat. The.

locking plate has a key slot 14 and a key bolt 15 extends through this slotfand perforations 15a in the walls 5a at thesides of the seat. The key bolt has a shoulder 16 locking it against outward displacement and has a` Fig. 2 anenlarged sectional view showing t with the turned-inl ends24 engaging the un- .l the rails are definitely connected together so as to prevent spreading and-that the con- 1929. 'serial No. l369,619.

key slot 17 in which a key 18 is placed locking s lit Vagainst, inward displacement.

The connecting plate has a longitudinal opening, or slot 19 and the topofthe tie has a similar slot 20. This makes itpossible to i fill the space atthe center of the tie and to tamp the same throughthis opening. The end portions of thetie are vfilled and tamped 1 from the end` of the tie and after being filled and tamped the end of the tieis closed by a plate 21. This plate extends through a cross slot 21a in the top of the tie and is held in j V place by abolt 22. y

Where it is desired toibrace the rail, as on curves, the locking plates haveextensions 23 dershoulder of the top of the rail,thu.s brac-V lng the rail against outward thrust.

It .will be seen from this construction that necting plate formsV a simple and` certain means for securing the rail to the tie and that the tie affords a cheap construction which may be readily tamped and put in place.

What I claimas new is Y 1. In a railroad, the combination of spaced rails; a tie on which therails are mounted; a sheet metal rail platehavinglrail securing seats formed therein; means securing the rail gc I plate tothe tie; devices securing the rails in Vthe seats comprising locking plates of anglev form at each side of the bases of the rails and engaging the bottom and side walls ofk the l seats; andmeans keying the locking plates V:35``

-in the seats comprising key bolts extending'y through the sides of the locking plates and the side walls of the seats.

2. In a railroad structure, the combination of a sheet metal rail plate having two folds 9c extending across the plate, the inner walls of the folds being upwardly inclined forming a 'dove-tailed seat for a rail base; and means securing a rail on the platecomprising 1ock ing plates between the rails andthe wallsof c5 the folds atV both edges of the rail.

' 3. In a railroad structure, the combination of a base plate havingv a dove-tailed channel therein; and sheet metal angle plates arranged in the dove-tailed channel having a 10Q base for receiving a; rail and an inwardly inclined wall engaging the wall of the channel 'adapted to engage the edge of an inserted rail,

the upwardly inclined walls of the anglerv plates continuing above the edge of an inserted rail and spaced from' theuppe surfacej of the flange ofsuch'inserted'miliy In testimony whereof I have heremritoV set; my bend-f 

